Thanks to Soviet secrecy, little was known about former premier Khrushchev during his career or after his ousting. Since the collapse of the USSR, archives have been declassified, allowing access to his memoirs and those of witnesses.

edited by William Taubman, Sergei Khrushchev, and Abbott Gleason ; translated by David Gehrenbeck, Eileen Kane, and Alla Bashenko.

Abstract:

Thanks to Soviet secrecy, little was known about former premier Khrushchev during his career or after his ousting. Since the collapse of the USSR, archives have been declassified, allowing access to his memoirs and those of witnesses.